Drive.AI’s Reiley: Self-Driving Rollout Will Be Gradual

Self-driving cars are likely to be rolled out worldwide slowly, just as cellular networks expanded gradually territory by territory, according to Carol Reiley, the president of self-driving software maker Drive.AI. That’s in contrast to the typical instant release of a new piece of hardware.

As it stands now, she says, we’re still not even “one percent” of the way there in terms of delivering on the promise of autonomous cars. Ms. Reiley was speaking in an on-stage interview at The Information’s autonomous vehicles summit on Tuesday.

Drive.AI president Carol Reiley with The Information's Jessica Lessin. Photo by Julie Mikos.